Michael A. De Leon is a graphic designer by day, but wears many hats in his off time. In 2004, after several years of covering the Spurs, he started Project Spurs, a Spurs team fansite as an outlet to provide content to Spurs fans, while continuing to write for himself and learning the ins and outs of online publishing and web design. He has since built a writing team and started a popular weekly Spurs podcast called the Spurscast.

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Spurs met with Derrick Favors?

In the upcoming 2010 NBA Draft, Georgia Tech freshman power-forward/center, Derrick Favors is considered one of the best players in the draft and will most likely be drafted in the top four. More than likely, Favors will fall to the New Jersey Nets who hold the third pick overall.

On the other hand, the San Antonio Spurs hold the 20th pick in the first-round and will have no shot at drafting Favors. But did this stop the Spurs from reaching out and talking with him? Not at all.

You would expect that Favors, who is arguably the fourth-best talent in the draft class, would be talking to the top 8 to 10 teams, and if you looked at his interview list you’d be right. However there was one team that jumped off the page for Favors – the San Antonio Spurs.

The Spurs hold the 20th pick in the first round and have no shot at drafting Favors as they stand, but they met with him yesterday which is sure to fuel the trade speculation.